Quasar Double IPA | Jupiter

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T - Honey, pine needles, and lemon zest. Very bitter at back end. Sweet like orange-blossom honey on the lips.

M - Decent mouthfeel. High carbonation and alcoholic finish.

O - I wanted to like it a lot more than I actually did. It looked and smelled great, but there was something about the taste that wasn't as good as other DIPAs. The pine flavor was overpowering and left a highly bitter aftertaste that other DIPAs do not. I would try again next time I'm there, but just to compare with their other IPAs on tap that I did not get to try that last time.

T- As in the nose, the hops here are massive. The menu says they use Chinook, Columbus, Amarillo, and Simcoe. Enormous pine and resin flavor, some spicy pepper, leafy with some honey and a long, bitter, slightly alcoholic finish. There's a pretty decent caramel malt as well.

M- Medium body, carbonation is moderate to low and gives a slick, slightly sticky texture. Finish is long, dry, and very bitter.

O- This is a very solid DIPA, it does the west coast hop flavor pretty damn well. Personally I think Jupiter's IPA is just slightly better, but it would be hard to go wrong with either.

A: Pours a hazy, dark amber with small off-white head; moderate retention, not much in the way of lacing. The retention may be excused by the fact that a server brought it over with several other drinks for the table. I'm guessing they tweaked the recipe since the earlier reviews, since this seems darker.

S: Whoo. Like sniffing pine needles. There is a small citrus note in there, but it's pretty much like sticking your nose up an evergreen's ass. Caramel too. Nothing all that complex for a DIPA.

T: Taste-wise, not particularly complex either. Lots of pine, as noted earlier, and there are hints of citrus in there. The bitterness is well balanced with spice, earth, and caramel in the finish. But the aftertaste is resiny.